Kennet
Kennet is a small former coal-mining village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres south-east of Clackmannan, by the Kincardine railway line.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kennet, Clackmannanshire” and “Kennetpans”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tulliallan and Alloa Tower.
Tulliallan
Castle
Photo: Islayboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tulliallan was an estate in Perthshire, Scotland, near to Kincardine, and a parish. The Blackadder lairds of Tulliallan, a branch of the Blackadder border clan, wielded considerable power in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Alloa Tower
Museum
Photo: AllyD, Public domain.
Alloa Tower in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, in central Scotland, is an early 14th-century tower house that served as the medieval residence of the Erskine family, later Earls of Mar. Alloa Tower is situated 2½ miles west of Kennet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clackmannan and Kincardine.
Clackmannan
Town
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Clackmannan, is a small town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles south-east of Alloa and 3.2 miles south of Tillicoultry.
Kincardine
Town
Photo: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kincardine or Kincardine-on-Forth is a town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. Kincardine is situated 2 miles south of Kennet.
Dunmore
Hamlet
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunmore is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It lies 6.5 miles south east of Stirling and 5.5 miles north of Falkirk. The village lies along the A905 road between Throsk and Airth on the banks of the River Forth. Dunmore is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kennet.
Kennet
- Category: locality
- Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.10035° or 56° 6′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.72826° or 3° 43′ 42″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
9C8R472C+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1082911271OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Kennet” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kennet”
- Dutch: “Kennet”
- French: “Kennet”
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